The institutional split of a Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate has added up to inaction, especially in a midterm election year with control of the Senate at stake. In the final days before leaving Washington, lawmakers have struggled to compromise on a handful of bills to deal with the nation's pressing problems amid overwhelming partisanship.
Congress is poised to send President Barack Obama legislation revamping the VA, with a Senate vote expected Thursday. Lawmakers also are working on a path forward for highway and transit projects.
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5 week summer break? They are so deserving of that. Look at all of the good they have done!
/sarcasm
Since when should they get a summer break with so much pending and no answers from these fools. They will now go off in the sunset to their vacations all paid for by special interest groups.
They have been on break for 12 years. Most of those chimps in congress need to wear a helmet to get on the short bus!
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